A 23-year-old MSc student was killed after a speeding car rammed his motorcycle at Hafed Chowk near Sectors 2 and 4 in Panchkula late on Wednesday night, with police investigating after the driver allegedly abandoned the vehicle and fled.
The crash took place around 11.30pm at Hafed Chowk in Sector 4. The victim, identified as Ankit Sheoran, was travelling from Kharar towards Old Panchkula with two friends, who were riding separate motorcycles, according to a complaint filed by his friend Bharpur.
Sheoran was originally from Hisar and was pursuing a first-year MSc at Chandigarh University. He was living in paying guest accommodation in Kharar. The group was travelling to pick up another friend when the collision occurred.
According to the complaint, a car coming from the opposite direction hit Sheoran’s motorcycle at the junction. The impact threw him onto the road and left him seriously injured. The car’s airbags deployed during the collision, indicating the force of the impact, the report said.
The driver allegedly did not stop to assist the injured motorcyclist. Instead, the driver attempted to flee and later abandoned the car at the accident site. The report did not identify the driver or state whether an arrest had been made.
Sheoran was taken to the Civil Hospital in Sector 6, where doctors declared him dead. Police have registered a case and begun an investigation into the crash and the driver’s alleged flight from the scene.
The body was handed over to Sheoran’s family after a postmortem examination on Thursday. The police investigation is expected to establish the circumstances of the collision and identify the person who was driving the car.
